We
fully encourage responsible drinking, but also
ask for responsible pouring at whisky festivals,
tasting sessions and post-tour dramming at distilleries.
That does NOT mean that the amount of alcohol
that’s being poured to anybody should be
controlled, but that tasters should be given the
opportunity to spit out and/or empty their unfinished
glasses, especially when several whiskies are
proposed whilst only one tasting glass is provided.
That’s why we want enough spittoons at any
event/place where more than one whisky is poured
(or empty jugs or buckets.)

We
believe that should also allow drivers to enjoy
parts of the experience (colours, noses, palates),
rather than a very frustrating ‘nothing’.
Frustration often leads to excess.

OTHER
SUGGESTIONS

Offer
explanations about public transport from and to
your place on site (noticeboards, flyers, tickets.)

Ask
guides and tasting tutors to explain that spitting
is all right (it can even make for a nice joke),
and that tasting whisky without swallowing it
is also a wonderful experience (albeit incomplete).
This may be done after having asked the audience
“who is driving?”